I think this forum really needs to find its purpose for existence again. Its not supposed to be a general discussion/anything goes forum.
I understand that this is a change for those who didn't contribute to the main point of this forum's existence, but if these complaints are truly about the health of the "community", why aren't you not only NOT going out there and contributing to the purpose of this "community", but instead trying to pry it away from its purpose? Does that make sense?
Daniel/TRM started this board back in the day to discuss and work on zelda fan games. It has come to the point where it is 80%+ off topic and only about 10% Game development -- the remainder is various things in there that fall under both. Off topic is actually healthy for a community when the concentration is too high the other way, but it should never be the focus for a forum that is not intended to be an off topic/general discussion forum.
Nobody is going to hold you guys to one forum. Believe me, a seperate forum, completely unrelated from ZFGC, dedicated to off topic discussion, and ran by someone else, will be much more successful and FUN than one here that is going to kill an otherwise talented fan game forum. If you want to be immature and take that as "don't like it? GTFO", then, well, whatever, it is your loss, not mine. Blunt, but honest. If you don't like the fact that this forum is going to focus on its main point for being here, then perhaps that is for the best. I'm not saying the people involved thereof aren't good people or otherwise, and i would consider a few friends, but I see a very parasitic two way split in direction here that currently can't coexist without both killing each other.
Forums in general should be primarily about their niche in whatever they're in. If they aren't, then they will never grow or become anything in their niche. Such forums don't normally last very long.
This post isn't pointed at anyone in particular. There's no point in attacking anyone in particular here.